CC Staff Rpt 2024-03-05 - JPA Amendment 2CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM NO. 10
UPDATED STAFF REPORT & JPA PUBLISHED ON 3/2/2024
EXHIBIT 1 TO RESOLUTION — JPA FINAL VERSION
ATTACHMENT 2 — JPA RED -LINED VERSION
City of La Quinta
CITY COUNCIL MEETING: March 5, 2024
STAFF REPORT
AGENDA TITLE: ADOPT RESOLUTION APPROVING SECOND AMENDED AND
RESTATED JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT WITH VISIT GREATER PALM SPRINGS
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt resolution approving Second Amended and Restated Joint Powers Agreement with
Visit Greater Palm Springs; and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• The Visit Greater Palm Springs (VGPS), formerly the Greater Palm Springs
Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) is a joint powers authority operating under the
Joint Exercise of Powers Act.
• The VGPS promotes and enhances the hospitality, convention, and tourism industry
in the Coachella Valley to the benefit of its member agencies and organizations, and
their residents.
• On February 29, 2024, the VGPS Executive Committee approved the proposed
Second Amended and Restated Joint Powers Agreement (2nd Amendment), which
requires Council approval.
FISCAL IMPACT — None
BACKGROUND/ANALYSIS
VGPS, formerly the CVB, was formed in 1989 to promote and enhance the hospitality,
convention, and tourism industry in the Coachella Valley. Its operative legal document is
the Joint Powers Agreement (JPA), executed in 1989 and subsequently amended on
multiple occasions, including on or about June 18, 2002, and most recently on or about
January 20, 2016.
Section 24 of the 2016 JPA provides that the JPA may be amended from time to time by a
two-thirds vote of the entire JPA Executive Committee and a unanimous vote of the VGPS
members' legislative bodies in compliance with all applicable provisions of the Joint
Exercise of Powers Act and all other applicable law. Section 24 has been renumbered to
Section 27 in the proposed 2nd Amendment.
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On February 29, 2024, the VGPS Executive Committee adopted Resolution No. JPA 2024-
002 (Attachment 1), approving the proposed 2nd Amendment, included as Exhibit 1 to the
enclosed resolution to:
• Amend Section 3 (Purpose) — to revise the purpose set forth in the JPA to more
broadly serve and benefit the VGPS Members and their constituents by developing
strategies to diversify the regional economy.
• Amend Section 8 (Additional Member) — to include the City of Coachella as a VGPS
Member.
• Amend Section 10 (JPA Executive Committee — Powers and Duties) — to expand the
territorial boundaries of the JPA to include the City of Coachella.
• Amend Section 11 (Territorial Boundaries) — to create a 501(c)(6) entity, formerly the
Board of Directors, to manage the destination activities of the JPA.
• Add Section 24 Voting — to note that each JPA Member shall have an equal vote;
motions considered by the JPA Executive Committee shall require majority of votes
cast (more than half) to pass a motion; and in the event of a tie vote, the motion
before the JPA Executive Committee shall be deemed defeated.
• Amend language throughout for necessary updates and consistency.
In accordance with the JPA, the proposed 2nd Amendment requires Council approval, as La
Quinta is a member agency.
ALTERNATIVES
Council may elect not to adopt the proposed resolution approving the 2nd Amendment, or
approve it with moditications.
Prepared by:
Approved by:
Attachments:
Monika Radeva, City Clerk
Jon McMillen, City Manager
1. VGPS Resolution No. JPA 2024-002
2. VGPS JPA — 2nd Amendment — redlined
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